NICE TO MEET YOU, DEAR CREATIVE MIND.

I’m Pascale, your guide on the rebellious path of creative living.

Pascale Côté, Creativity Guide & Therapeutic Arts Practitioner

WHO I AM

I’m an artist, creativity guide & therapeutic arts practitioner.

I work where opposites meet. At the core of my own art is a fascination with polarity: the tension between creation and destruction, order and chaos, immanence and transcendence. As a creativity guide, I hold space for you to sit with your own contradictions, to soften the inner wars that keep you stuck, and to begin integrating the parts of yourself that feel at odds. I help you enter in a self-partnership that grows your capacity to navigate uncertainty, complexity, and the liminal spaces where truly transformative creativity happens.

WHAT I DO

I help creative minds map their way out of the burnout ⇆ stagnation vortex.

Our most profound art emerges when we stay with the question long enough to hear what it’s really asking. I hold space for the hard work of listening to those deeper truths. Together, we step into creative liberation: a space for brave creatives who are ready to stop fighting against their nature and start creating from it. We’ll explore not just what you want to create, but also what gets in the way: the patterns, beliefs, and stories that may be holding you back.

WHY I DO IT

Grounded creative minds imagine & create a kinder future.

I am devoted to our personal, collective and creative liberation. I believe that when we are grounded in our creative flow, we become catalysts for change, both within ourselves and in the world around us. Your perspectives bring contrast, depth, texture, & colour to the world. Your voice, perspective and art is needed more than ever. I’m devoted to creating spaces where this kind of honest, courageous, and transformative creativity can take root.

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DECODE ME ;)

I exist in this weird world as a multi-hyphenate creative, queer, autistic and all-around unconventional human being. In this season of my creative life, I’m relearning ceramics and writing about the process of untaming and rewilding ourselves: a spellbook that guides us in bending, breaking, and blooming beyond the lines we’ve inherited. I also love painting visual remedies to soften the inner wars we all carry. I speak French, English, Spanish, and I’m learning Portuguese and Arabic. I’m originally from Montreal, Canada, and I immigrated to Portugal in 2025. If you know me personally, my life is pretty weird. If you really really know me, my life is a sitcom.

I’m not attached to the idea of perfect ‘consistency.’ What I ask of myself instead is devotion, and it always takes on a slightly different form. This season, I am devoting myself to:

Painting: begin my week with a painting project on Monday morning.
Ceramics: attend my Thursday morning pottery class.
Writing: spend an hour at a coffee shop writing on Friday mornings.
Mythology studies: listen to a tale as I paint, and let the symbolism inform both my writing and painting explorations.

Professional Studies & Personal Explorations

Bachelor of Arts, Université du Québec à Montréal
Foundational Course in Art Therapy, Metafora
Advanced Creativity Coaching Certificate, Eric Maisel
Art Therapy Life Coach Certificate, Transformation Services
The Alchemical Imagination Course, Emerald School
Tarot & Psyche Course, Jungarchademy
Myths & The Creative Life Course, Maria Souza
Wolves Tribe Program - Decoding Myths for Modern Women Through "Women Who Run with the Wolves", Maria Souza
Conscious Living Programme, Applied Jung
Trauma-informed coaching and counseling, Trey Malicoat
Art Therapy for PTSD Certificate, Prof. Krishna N. Sharma
The Seed - Building cultures of Belonging Course, New Room
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Certificate, Chris Worfolk
Unleashed Life Coaching Program, Christine Hassler
Energy Healing Training, Inge Broer
Reiki Level I, The Luminaries

Current studies (2026/2027)

Somatic Parts Work Certificate, Frances D. Booth
The Mythic Body Course, Josh Schrei
Applied Mythology Graduate Certificate, Pacifica
Neuro-Affirmative Certification, ADHD Works

My worldview and approach is informed by

Creativity, imagination, and myth as wise and valid pathways to self-discovery, growth, and transformation.
Evolutionary astrology, archetypal tarot, and cyclical living as tools for making sense of both inner and outer worlds.
Paganism and animism perspectives that root spirituality in the everyday.
Somatic practices that cultivate embodiment and emotional resilience.
Queerness, neurodivergence, multilingual expression, and a multilayered identity that reveal the beauty of holding many truths at once.
The lived experience of neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, which teach me about resilience, vulnerability, and the power of softness.
Celtic lineages and mythic traditions that keep me tethered to story and land.
My own creative practice and navigating the maze of my creative mind.